JRL Table of Contents :: Johnson’s Russia List 2012-#183 – 17 October 2012
Johnson’s Russia List
2012-#183
17 October 2012
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In this issue
POLITICS
1. RIA Novosti: Arctic Sea Route to Open Year-Round in 2013 – Scientists.
2. Moscow Times: Medvedev Backs 3 Extended Holidays for 2013.
3. Interfax: Number Of Russians Hostile To Other Nationals Increased To 50 Per Cent – Poll.
4. Russia Beyond the HeadlinesKommersant-Vlast: Moving toward “grassroots government.” A new type of public association is growing stronger in Russia. Instead of encouraging opposition rallies and stage pickets near court buildings, it focuses on local environments and issues.
5. Reuters: Russia’s Putin sacks member of Medvedev’s cabinet.
6. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, After Nosediving In 2011 Vladimir Putin’s Approval Rating is (Mostly) Holding Steady.
7. ITAR-TASS: Russian physics students will study theology.
8. Interfax: Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin: Russia’s leadership is prone to political idealism.
9. Moscow Times/BBC Monitoring: What the Papers Say, Oct. 17, 2012.
10. Novye Izvestia: “THERE WILL BE 120% SOON.” THE PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION CRITICIZES RESULTS OF THE OCTOBER 14 ELECTIONS.
11. Kommersant: PROVINCES CHOOSE SELF-NOMINEES. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: UNITED RUSSIA WAS OFTEN BEATEN BY SELF-NOMINEES AND CANDIDATES FROM OTHER PARTIES.
12. Kommersant: Causes of Low Voter Turnout in Russian Regional Elections Mulled.
13. Gazeta.ru: Regional Elections Analyzed.
14. Interfax: Chirikova Unveils New Vote Rigging Technique.
15. BBC Monitoring: Russian state TV talk show discusses elections, Soviet history.
16. RIA Novosti: Konstantin von Eggert, The Right & Wrong of Authority & Opposition.
17. Reuters: Russia moves to prosecute anti-Putin protest leader. (Sergei Udaltsov)
18. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. The criminal case was opened against oppositionist Sergei Udaltsov.
19. ITAR-TASS: Public Chamber activists say criminal case against Udaltsov logical.
20. BBC Monitoring: Russian TV show rehashes anti-opposition documentary allegations.
21. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Russian Politics Has Entered a Period of ‘Negative Depoliticization,’ Moscow Analyst Says. (Vyacheslav Danilov)
22. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Dmitry Babich, Keeping politics and Pussy Riot apart.
23. Gazeta.ru: “We understood for sure that it might end up like this,” interview with Yekaterina Samutsevich.
24. Interfax: Trial of Prison Warden Where Magnitsky Died to Continue in Moscow.
25. Interfax: Politkovskaya Murder Suspects to Seek Jury Trial.
ECONOMY
26. Business New Europe: Maxim Oreshkin, Thoughts of An Economist – Macroeconomic stability is a priority for Russian government.
27. Bloomberg: Russian Business Climate, Corruption Hold Back Rating, S&P Says.
28. Reuters: INTERVIEW-Lukoil says Kremlin increasing dominance over oil.
29. Russia Beyond the Headlines: Three ways to resolve oil standoff. According to experts, Russia will continue to actively export oil until the year 2020; even then, significant decreases are not expected. Today, Russia is a reliable exporter of raw materials for its partners abroad, but this wealth of exhaustible raw materials cannot last forever. Experts see prospects for the Russian economy in Chilean-style diversification.
30. Stratfor.com: Russian Energy, Part 2: Changes in the Energy Landscape.
31. Interfax: International Energy Agency: U.S. gas exports might reach a third of Russian exports in future.
32. Moscow Times/Reuters: Magnit’s Galitsky Lauds Middle-Class Model.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
33. RIA Novosti: Russia to Boost Defense Spending 59% by 2015.
34. Vedomosti: Sergei Karaganov, Security Strategy: Why Arms?
35. Nezavisimaya Gazeta: West Toughens Stance Toward Russia.
36. Moscow Times: Fyodor Lukyanov, Remembering the Nuclear Red Line.
37. ITAR-TASS: RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW. Barack Obama president of 42% of Russians.
38. www.foreignpolicy.com: Kevin Baron, Friendly Foes: U.S.-Russia military relations soaring.
39. www.foreignpolicy.com: Douglas J. Feith and Seth Cropsey, How the Russian ‘Reset’ Explains Obama’s Foreign Policy. The president’s naivete about Vladimir Putin is the root cause of his failure.
40. AFP: Georgia’s Saakashvili appoints Ivanishvili as PM.
41. Civil Georgia: Ivanishvili: ‘We Welcome Holding of Olympics in Sochi.